New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-03

| ne to every woman, his bearing was fault
| less. John Grant was great admlrer OF nature,
and the lovely landscape spread out before MN as
| he made his morning toilet he never tired OF LOOK,
ing at. The sweep of smooth green lawn dot,eh
| with spreading oaks and shady beeches under
which the deer grouped themselves III picturesque
attitudes. and the siivcry stream cleaning IN inc
early sunshine with the misty .ussex nils IN me
distance. all formed a homc-ike English view
pleasant to look nDOn; but one feature IN the pict-
| ure grew TO be extremely annOying to Ohm Grani
particularly when he was shaving ana needea ~
his attention for that most delicate operatlon lhs
! feature which seemed growing INTO a permI,nein'
| one, nothing more or less than LORD ROCK
haven and his cigarettes be lde MISS ,acrcs
| To join the group deuX was the last thihg Johii
! Grant wonld nave permitted himself to do but h
| could not honestly say he was sorry when Lazy
Grace Mrs Leighton, or even Lady Jane ncIseIl
overcoming their natural disposition for a" title
more sleep and little more snmper'
forced thew go Smoke out Of GI' scner
terms yielding to the sweetness OF the summer
| morning" a..
| and near Of the Marquis of Rockhavcn boldly 10
| assert that every female visitor coming to the cas-
tie or falling within range of that nobenah: ;
| undoubtcd attractions fell helpless victim to his
many fasclnations aud endless were the stories OF
hopeless and unrcluited passion poured into MISS
Dacress she rounded the walls OF the ahcleht
Keep. or brought out more strongly upon her can
the great stone guardians OF the entrance door
OF the castle. IN extra fierccness OF expression
grew on the mntilatcd features OF these ancle i
| Britons rs Lady James monotonous voice nni-
INJURED the narrowing tale of poor dear MISS MERIT
vale. such charming girl, but no money poor thihg
''It was really cruel OF Rockhavon to be so
devoted to her when he knew from the first he
could not marry her. and report said that Mr. Shcr,
rington NJ T.. with a nice country place ana
twelve thousand year. had been anxious 10 marry
her"
Lady Grace went further than this, and boldly
asserted that Rockhaven never would marry any
one and a. she listened Lii put club INTO the hahI
of ancient BrIton number one, when assumed
murderous proportions under the RAPID, nervous
strokes of her brush Then Rockhavcn himself
| nd "A
tam that the eh Was no longer Just tie thlnE LOT
tle picture and percmporY Ill MS right as host mat
Miss DacrcS should not Overture herself, ana long
dcllcous hour would follow. during which all the
pin-prcks of the morning would b. elaborated by
his amusing conversation and hoseeioqucnt glances
from his particularly fine eyes. he ladies' OF the
party completely rOntcd wOu join forces IN con-
dcnnng LII as the most andacious little firt they
had ever scen and John GIlnt would take Nun
self OF in ANYTHING but a tranquil state OF mind.
1--WE are terribly stupid. Jane. Why have wcnot
turned all our efforts 10 marrying her of ut once TO
Mr. Grant any one can see that lie mas lost his lcad
about her.
Capital! never thought of it," Lady Grace
exclaimed delightfully."-. She had rather fancicd
the rich American herself conscious in her heart
that despite the adorng speeches with which her
cousin invariably addressed her, and which he iad
used for more years than she cared to remember,
he had not the falntest idea OF anything serious
III three determlned women cannot succeed in
arranging that wnen the man Is more than Wiling,
and the girl Is only u Miss Dacres, they must be
stupid"
Ali the pride of the ancent race Of ckhaven
rang out In the scorn u tones OF Lazy Grace voice
as she mentioned Lil's name. which. had she known
it, was az good and almost as old as her own III It's
original French pronunciation.
How much longer do You think that plrture
was perfectly dumbloundcd when her usually
meek and wc-tIained husband answered with
1T wonld probably have been finished now if
You women did not worry the gIll so when she is
painting. and Roekhaven would not interrupt Der
Ia nsHlSl
Never in his life had George Leighton been
known to assert himself. much less take the part
of another against the disapproval OF his WIFE who
now laughed so heartily at this sudden demon stIa-
ton upon his part that he slnnk away II Re
naughty child before she had recovered from her
mcrrIment sufficiently TO speak
"Good heavens. Grace, the girl must poSseSs the
powers of the Evil One If she has turned Georges
head as well as the other men W hat are we to
dot"
Mary her to the American" repeated Lady
Grace decidedly. and the sooner the better
That night Mrs Leighton who was a prime
favorlie with her cousin. begged him 10 play duets
with her aud aftcrward challenged hlm to game
of billiards and fascinating was she that for the
first time since he had been al the castle John
Grant found the coast clear for HIM 10 have long,
uninterrupted conversation with Miss Ddcrc'.
Lady Jane Grace du Cane and Mr.. Leighton were
deep in a game OF whist with dummy
Lii honestly enjoyed the evening. and her hosts
good night seat hei 10 bed with pleasurah!c Srn-
satIon. well calculated TO ensure agreeable creams
"llow You have firtcd with Grant t",nignt, ana
the close hand pressure and Icproachiu look III the
eyes said ian more than the words
The next morning Lord Rockhavcn carried of
Mr. Leighton and Mr. Grant to see horse hc
thought of buying, and the ladies. III their light
summer dresses. made a pretty gfolp on th' lawn.
Maud leighton VITA a BOOK winch size never
opened. LADY Grace making no prctencc OF dong
ANYTHING because bent upon accomplishing that
which they had agreed upon the night before
Lady Jane s0lcnnly knitting. LII worked fever
isLly AT the picture she ongcd sometime get II
finished a. rapidly possible IN order To break tho
spell of this dreamy summer liie, which she let
IT. Gfa I'm Ia.
fore i'll should come of it, She took no part IN tho
conversation of the others unless directly appealed
TO- but worked on with sure aud RAPID strokes.
q could never have dreamed an American man
would he so nice as Mr.. Grant. / thought they
were all money making machines, with II" cduca-
tion and less manners" Mrs Leighton was saying
to Lady Grace, who ,a' near her.
eff they are all like this specimen. my dear
thing vote that We emlgratc. ! should like 10
see the country and people ., c..o ,,,.o
They would bore you horribly 80 democratic; l
should hate tbcm.'
Bat You do not hate Mr. Grant, and he seems to
be a good specimen of the natives"
Hate himf On the contrary. | find HIM quite
delightful But he has been IN England long
enough TO become civilized l Wish ho would
marry an English gil and settle here: .
I" He would never suit an English glr or she INN.
lie told me only yesterday that ho admired
Foreigners
Du Cane said playiuliy. We have 10 chance
while she j. here"
Lii laughed and used her palertc knife with great
effect Dld they really suppose that she could not
see through them als
Miss Dacres. | should think You would like to
be married; IL must be horribly lonely 10 live by
yourself as you do, and you would have so much
better position If you were married woman"
perhaps So" and Lil smiled swcetly, " Bnt do
YOU know when listen to what other wOnens
husbands say to me am sometimes tempted to
think myself fortunate III no: possessing one. am
afraid am not very generous, and hardly care TO
legalize flint by giving him the protection OF a
wife,
She painted on, still smiling and showing those
lovely teeth of hers but Maud Leighton offered no
further sug gesions to her future. The girl could
scarcely be called stupid even If an artist and poor
She was aftcrth left undstuIbcd, aud the CONVEX
satlOn drftcd to other topics when the men
strolled mp Just before luncheon, Miss Dacrcs put
aside brushes and palette, and turning with Il